Nine Things You Might Not Say or Hear in Transplantation

Abstract

As an exercise, the editorial board of the AJT put together a long list of important, hot or cutting edge areas in transplantation research. As we examined the topics, categorized them and played with their relative merits, it became apparent that this process of analyzing science and research sometimes disguises some uncomfortable truths and realities. In the spirit of the late George Carlin and his ‘seven words you can never say on television’, we now offer some uncomfortable conclusions about the current state of transplantation. These topics represent our personal favorite bete noires among a large list of many important issues, some of which truly cannot be said or heard.